Madama Butterfly 蝶々夫人 in Japanese and English Aratani Theatre (2019)

Plot Summary

So what if... what if a brash American naval officer and a young Japanese girl met and fell in love? How would they communicate? (Certainly not in Italian!) In POP’s most ambitious production to date, Artistic Director Josh Shaw’s long-time dream of a bilingual Madama Butterfly comes to life at The Aratani Theatre in Little Tokyo. With a new libretto by Josh Shaw and Eiki Isomura, all Japanese roles will be sung in Japanese and all American roles will be sung in English. This is a co-production with Opera in the Heights (Houston). This production is sponsored in part by an Innovations Grant from Opera America.

Full Cast & Characters

Peter James Lake

B.F. Pinkerton

Kenneth Stavert

Sharpless

Kimberly Sogioka

Suzuki

Director & Crew

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